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始
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taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
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starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
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resuming work after the New Year's vacation
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eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)
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first intercourse of the New Year
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Slang
loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
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Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace
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Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)
